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Yeast Culture Supplementation to Laying Hen Diets Containing Soybean Meal or Sunflower Seed Meal and Its Effect on Performance, Egg Quality Traits, and Blood Chemistry

S. Yalçin^*,1, B. Özsoy, H. Erol and S. Yalçin

^* Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition, Ankara, Turkey; Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition, Hatay, Turkey; Abant zzet Baysal University, Mudurnu Süreyya Astarci Vocational School of Higher Education, Bolu, Turkey; and Selçuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Konya, Turkey

Correspondence: ¹ Corresponding author: yalcin{at}veterinary.ankara.edu.tr

This study was designed to investigate the effects of yeast culture supplementation to laying hen diets containing 2 oilseed meals on performance, egg traits, and some blood parameters. A total of 180 Lohmann Brown laying hens 21 wk of age were allocated to 4 dietary treatments and fed for 16 wk. Two different basal diets were prepared; one contained soybean meal and the other contained sunflower seed meal. Both of the basal diets were supplemented with 0 and 2 g/kg commercial yeast culture product (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Yeast culture supplementation to diets containing either oilseed meal did not significantly affect feed intake, hen-day egg production, feed efficiency, interior and exterior egg quality characteristics, serum levels of total protein, triglyceride, cholesterol, alanine amino transferase, aspartate amino transferase, and alkaline phosphatase. Body weight gain (P < 0.05), egg weight (P < 0.001), and serum uric acid (P < 0.05) were increased with yeast culture supplementation. The reduction in egg yolk cholesterol was significant (P < 0.001) in the groups fed yeast-supplemented diets. The results in this study demonstrated that yeast culture supplementation to the diets containing soybean meal or sunflower seed meal increased egg weight and decreased egg yolk cholesterol without affecting performance and egg traits, but serum uric acid concentration was increased.

Key Words: yeast culture • oilseed meal • laying hen • performance • egg trait • blood parameter